Waterloo Road - Series 10 will be last series :(

This has always been my guilty pleasure.Why are they ending it? Why Why WHY?They can't! Why end a series that is still successful? (I know loads of people that watch it)I wish they would reconsider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway...........How are you finding the series so far? Who are your favorite characters?

I like Rhiannon. She's had some really good storylines. I also see Gabby being in a lot of things in the future. She makes me think of a young Hayley Mills (only with attitude)The red haired teacher gets on my tits. She's got such a smirky face. She and PE teacher are welcome to each other. Simon can do better.Head teacher's son is a bit of a looker (nothing like his dad) - bad casting?Doesn't his mother look like she's in 28 weeks later, woman stood at window (but it isn't her)Audrey is great (like a Brit version of Carol TWD)And Christine as an alkie was very convincing. Also the secretary cracks me up each time she opens her mouth.

I quite like the head in a mature eye candy sort of way. But I do wonder how they expect viewers to believe that a responsible father would make his son move schools not just once but twice in the run up to his A Levels.

Even putting aside the social and emotional cost of moving schools in Y13, it's unlikely that every school would offer the same courses (exam board, specification etc) and be teaching the content in the same order.

Unless there planning to hire some new writers good. Dont get me wrong ive been a fan since season 1 but especially since it moved to scotland its just repeated stories and cliches. For example I think there must have been at least 4 episodes where someone brought drugs in and each episode just felt like a just say no morality tale. Plus a lot of the characters are recycled:

-The Bad boy- spens entire season antagonising people only to have changed his way by the second season and become everyones favourite guy.-The Ambitious new headteacher- comes in with bright new ideas only to be hit by reality within the first day.-The Super Couple- the most popular boy and girl. Relationship is a major storyline by next season there dead/in prison etc.

WR in its early seasons was gritty and realistic its current form is clichey and recycled. Bring in a ambitious writer or get rid. Sick of watching season after season after season out of some misguided form of loyalty.

I think it had run its course when they got rid of Grantley and Tom. They're just going over the same storylines with different faces now - the crap teacher getting terrorred by the kids, invariably getting locked in the cupboard at some point (I've done years and years of supply teaching, in some of the roughest parts of town and NEVER been locked in a cupboard)... the head's kids going off the rails... bad boy turns good boy... supply teacher turns out to be completely bonkers in some way or other... LEA wants to close us down - dramatic final day of term - decision reversed.

It lost its way when they moved it to Scotland, did the stupid free school storyline and then that bloody PRU season - I kind of fell out of religiously watching it then and now just dabble more and less.

Talking of things that have vanished in WR... Modern Languages, English and Maths departments appear to be the current temporary residents of the curriculum Bermuda triangle depending on where we can stick interesting actors as opposed to the silent other staff who always leave the staffroom before any dialogue starts.